I found this at my library on a New Books shelf, I liked the cover so I checked it out. This was peculiar from a police crime investigation angle to be sure. There were a lot of shrugs of the shoulder by many police employees investigating the murders of painting buddies who, one by one, and in differing ways, get taken out. An example of the lack of coordination/professionalism could be the forensics guy totally astounded when asked if he had compared footprints from one crime scene to the next crime scene in this progressive murder plot. No one told us these were connected! In addition to the murders there was arson along the way and the needling fact that had someone properly investigated at the beginning, asking the right questions, much of this shedding of summer blood could have been prevented. The perp is uncovered at the very end without having made an appearance earlier in the book. Or maybe I shouldnt reveal that much. I will have to shrug my shoulders and say sorry!